Maureen Berkner Boyt is the Founder of The Moxie Exchange, a training and mentoring organization for companies who want to recruit and retain women and create inclusive workplaces. She’s an advisor and executive coach to CEOs of fast growth companies and is the founder of 5 businesses and counting!
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Friends
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I actually didn’t realise that entrepreneurship was a path, so part of my difficulty was not even realising it was a choice, my mom was a school teacher so all that I knew was go out and get the corporate job and the entrepreneurship is like some big sexy thing now, it wasn’t much of a conversation, I’m in my mid 40s now so it wasn’t much of a conversation when I was coming out of school so I just didn’t know it was a path”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Book by Jen Sincero
- The Breakthrough Company: How Everyday Companies Become Extraordinary Performers Book by Keith R McFarland
Favourite Quote:
“The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity, fears are paper tigers, and you can do anything you decide to do”
Recommended Online Resources:
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Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Keep your sense of humour, the whole thing is ridiculous, it’s ridiculously fun and ridiculously challenging and the ability to just enjoy the crazy ride of it is pretty amazing and just ask yourself all the time, who am I becoming because of this, I am not the same person that I was when I started my first business 19 years ago and that’s a really good thing”…[Listen for More]
More About Maureen Berkner Boyt:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“what would the masters do? when people arn’t successful, they sometimes wonder, why not? they get answers, then they wonder why those answers don’t seem to meet their needs. they get the wrong answers, and they get upset about it. perhaps they’re really getting the right answers, but answering the wrong questions. too many people ask nothing but “Why” questions. they analyze and analyse problems – but no solution. “you can analyse a glass of water and you’re left with a lot of chemical components, but nothing you can drink”. “Why?” questions can drive us crazy. “What?” questions drive us sane. What questions lead us to practical solutions.” Peter McWilliams
Other Quotes From the Chat with Maureen Berkner Boyt:
“Never think you’ve made it, as soon as you think you’ve made it you’re in pretty big trouble”
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